Well, can you fit a "full sized" receiver, or do your electronics have to be "mini", too? If you can fit "regular sized" electronics with smaller speakers, I think that you can fairly easily put together a quality, small system. If you must have DD, DTS, etc., then I'd go for a Rotel receiver with your favorite universal player. For speakers, I'm sure that you will have tons of recommendations, but to narrow things down, I'd go with NHT, Totem, or ProAc, depending on your price range. The NHT SB1/SB2 are very good for their size. The Totem Dreamcatcher's are tiny (and quite lovely!), and if you can fit some skinny floorstanders, Dreamcatcher center and surrounds with Arros works out very nice (a friend of mine has this). I am also a big fan of ProAc Tablette Reference 8's, and an HT system based on these would be very good, indeed.
If you are truly looking for a "stereo" system, then any of the above with a nice integrated amp & electronics would work well.
For a subwoofer, I'd try a Velodyne DD-10. Quite small, and incredibly good (especially for difficult rooms).
Hope this helps, Tom.
If you are truly looking for a "stereo" system, then any of the above with a nice integrated amp & electronics would work well.
For a subwoofer, I'd try a Velodyne DD-10. Quite small, and incredibly good (especially for difficult rooms).
Hope this helps, Tom.